REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
I9T 
1867 of the annual subscription of members to five dollars. 
This has enabled us to meet the liabilities consequent on 
the issuing of the Proceedings in the new form. The sale 
of Proceedings, as shown by the amount received therefrom, 
has increased, and I trust that in the next Peport the Se- 
cretary will be able to announce a still further increase 
under this head. 
The following balance-sheet exhibits the financial posi- 
tion of the Association : — ■ 
Payments. 
Printing, &c $109 80 
Postage and Stationery. 6 22 
Expenses of Meetings .. 12 00 
Balance 31st Dec., 1867. 27 10' 
Eeceipts. 
Balance 1st Jan., 1867...$ 44 34 
Subscriptions received.. 102 00 
Sale of Proceedings 8 78 
$155 12 
$155 12 . 
The following Papers have been read during the year 
1867:— 
1. The Hon. Henry S. Mitchell, M.D,, Ph.D. — On Earth 
Closets. 
2. The Annual Peport of the Secretary. 
3. P. J. Lechmere Guppy, F.L.S. & G.S. — Pemarks on 
the cultivation of Scientific Knowledge in Trinidad. 
4. The Hon. Henry Mitchell, M.D. — Hints on the Breed- 
ing and Pearing of Horses. 
5. The Hon. Louis Antoine A. de Verteuil, M.D. — Hygi- 
enic Considerations on Port of- Spain. 
6. P. J. Lechmere Guppy, P.L.S., &c. — Additions to the 
Catalogue of the Land and Freshwater Molluska of 
Trinidad. 
7. Documents relating to the Boehmeria nivea. 
8. P. J. Lechmere Guppy, F.L.S., &c. — Note on Petro^ 
lemn and Naphtha. 
